( 2 CORINTHIANS ) - IN HIS SECOND LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS PAUL WRITES [ THAT WE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BELONGING TO CHRIST BY THE HOLY SPIRIT IN US ( 2 COR.1:22 ) ]. OUR LIVES ARE LETTERS WRITTEN BY THE SPIRIT TO BE READ BY OTHERS SO THAT THEY MIGHT LEARN OF JESUS CHRIST ( 2 COR.3 ). BELIEVERS ARE BEING TRANSFORMED INTO THE GLORIOUS LIKENESS OF CHRIST BY THE HOLY SPIRIT: [ BUT WE ALL, WITH UNVEILED FACE, BEHOLDING AS IN A MIRROR THE GLORY OF THE LORD, ARE BEING TRANSFORMED INTO THE SAME IMAGE FROM GLORY TO GLORY, JUST AS BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD ( 2 COR 3:18 ) ]. ONLY THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST DWELLING IN US CAN CHANGE US INTO THE LIKENESS OF OUR PRECIOUS LORD AND SAVIOR. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR THE BELIEVER TO BECOME CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF CHRIST BY EXTERNAL IMITATION OF HIM. ANOTHER PHASE OF THE SPIRITS MINISTRY IS TO EQUIP AND PREPARE US AS MINISTERS OF THE NEW COVENANT, READY TO ENGAGE THE ENEMY IN SPIRITUAL WARFARE AND TO BE VICTORIOUS ( V.6 ). IT IS THE SPIRIT OF GOD WHO TEACHES US, DIRECTS US, EMPOWERS US, AND DISTRIBUTES HIS GIFTS TO US. FAITH IS NECESSARY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CHRISTIAN LIFE. WHATEVER IS OF THE SPIRIT IS BY FAITH ON OUR PART. THROUGH WEAKNESS OR SEVERE TRIALS, GOD BRINGS US TO THE DEATH OF SELF - THAT IS, TO THE END OF TRUSTING IN OURSELVES - SO THAT THE RESURRECTION LIFE OF JESUS MAY BE MANIFESTED IN OUR MORTAL FLESH. *
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 13:03:34 +0000
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